Suspects ID’d In El Sobrante Homicide Case; One In Custody
Contra Costa County sheriff’s investigators have identified three men believed responsible for a homicide outside an El Sobrante bar and pool room on November 12. A sheriff’s office sergeant discovered William Sims, 28, of Richmond, lying in the roadway in the area of Appian Way and Garden Lane in El Sobrante at about 2:11 a.m. that…
Teen Driver Arrested For Felony DUI; Passenger In Critical Condition After Monday Crash In San Ramon
Just before 4 p.m. Monday, San Ramon police officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision with the car striking a tree on Windemere Parkway, near Longleaf Circle. Witnesses reported seeing a male running from the area of the collision immediately after the crash, the driver leaving a male passenger inside the vehicle with significant…
Carload Of People Fleeing Orinda Police Crash On Moraga Way Early Friday Morning; Assault Rifle Recovered
Lamorinda police fell in behind a Buick sedan which fled from a traffic stop in Orinda toward Moraga early Friday morning, the car reaching speeds of 80 mph on Moraga Way before crashing with three people aboard – ejecting one of them. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said one of his officers observed the Buick making a right hand turn…
Lamorinda’s Phantom Landscaper Moves South – Eluding Investigators And Angry Customers
A notoriously mobile landscaper/contractor named to the Contractors State License Board’s “Most Wanted” list in the wake of crimes committed here in Lamorinda and elsewhere in Contra Costa has resurfaced – under yet another name – this time in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. “I can’t believe he’s still getting away with this,” said San Jose resident…
Execution Of FBI Search Warrant In Orinda Sets Tongues Wagging Wednesday
An FBI search team entered a home in the 600 block of Moraga Way Wednesday, looking for “small pieces of a larger puzzle” in an investigation currently underway. The presence of those eye-catching blue and yellow raid jackets and an overflying helicopter quickly set local tongues to wagging – and local wags to riffing –…
Richmond Man Murdered In El Sobrante Saturday; Investigation Underway
Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff are investigating a homicide that occurred in El Sobrante early Saturday morning. A sheriff’s office sergeant discovered an injured man lying in the roadway in the area of Appian Way and Garden Lane in El Sobrante at 2:11 a.m. that morning. The officer summoned medical aid…
Tree Topples Power Pole, Blocks Donald Drive In Orinda Sunday
No one was hurt but the sound of this tree coming down – and splintering an adjacent power pole – got the attention of neighbors on Donald Drive in Orinda Sunday. Power is out to the area with about 75 homes unable to watch the Forty Niner game (tied at 20 all, currently, if you’re reading this…
Fatal Crash On Westbound Highway 4 In Martinez Friday
California Highway Patrol officers responded to a rollover accident on Highway 4 in Martinez Friday, arriving to find a stretch of guardrail damaged and a man dead in the wreckage. Investigators believe the truck was hit from behind by another car, possibly while the driver was slowing to avoid something in the roadway, at 6:06…
Missive From Mendocino: Looking For Left And Right On The Lost Coast
I learned Donald Trump had pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in this country’s history from a former Army helicopter pilot and newfound drinking buddy deep in the wooded canyons of Mendocino County. We were sitting around a fire pit on a former hunting estate, draining the supply of 18-year-old Scotch Eric…
Aaaaand We’re Off! It’s Election Day In The USA!
Voters in 24/680 Land turned out to exercise their right as citizens in Contra Costa County Tuesday, with heavier than expected turnouts at several local polling places and citizens waiting expectantly for first news in the nation’s presidential race.